Necktie presser



Jan. 19 1926. 1,570,391

s. NEWMAN NEGKTIE PRESSER Filed Sept. 29. 1924 H311. Fi .2.

Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

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. SAMU-.EL -NEWMAMOF CINCINNATI, OHIO."`

; c v NEGKTIE rians'snn.

if vApplicaten led September 29, 1824. Serial 1\Io ."'rlll)v,562.Y

wrinkles which are caused `by tying and' Y wearing the necktie. YAnother-object is to enable the user to insert the tie inthe device readily and to stretch the tie firmly incorrectposition before applying theholding pressure'. Other objects will appear inthe course ofthe ensuing description. j y

I attain these objects'by thefdevice illus'- trated, for example, in thefaccompanying drawing, in Which- Y Figure 1 is a frontview, andV j Fig. 2 is aside view,the straight dotted lines indicating Athe position of the pressing plate before beingV closed -on the tie, and in the operation of stretching the tie. lThe body ofthe device-is an elongated channel l, which, instead of being flat, as in previous devices, is curved, vwith thechannel opening radially outwardly of the curvature. At its upper end the channel l has an extension '2 with an aperture 9 by which J7 theentire device maybe hungup. In the adjacent end of this channel 1, extending across from one side 4 to the other, is a pin 5; and the pressing plate 6 extends under this pin and has its end formed into 'a roll surrounding the pin 5, forming a hinge 7 for the plate, on which it may be swung down into the channel l, and which will hold this end of the plate while it is bentto the curvature of the channel 1. f The lower end of the pressing plate 6 is curved forward, then backward,l and then slightly for ward for a short distance to form a fingerhold 8. The lower end of the channel l has its bottom extended past lits sides 4 and 7150' bent backward and upward, forming a roll around theV transversely inwardly extended hinge lugs 9 of the fastener 1Q which is of lformed into aV loop 11 by which itmay be grasped and swung upony the hinge 'thus formed, to engagev lateral transverse parts NEWMAN, av

l2 in front of the most forwardly curved i parts are s'oproportioned that when the rathe ends vofthe-sides 4 ofthe channel 1, the

vparts 12 have passed slightly above the most forward' point of the convexpartl4, pressingy the plate@ in and then allowing the plate to spring out sli htly, after which' the plate l thus holdsffthe4 f astener ,in closed position. The bottomof the channel ,-1 has a slot 15' "convex'part 13 of the finger-hold 8. These 'dial side `parts 14v of the fastener 10 engage,V

close tothe hinge'7 of the pressing plate; i

andpreferably the channel 'l is Wider at its; f"

vlower end than at its upper end, wit'h'theV plate 6 lcorrespondingly shaped, with 'merely slight clearance between its yedges vand thesides 4 of thechannelf. Thus,'thenarro.ver

ceive the narrower middle part ofl the4 necktie, with the wider .parts of" the tie fneare'r P its end receivedjinthe wider lower part. ,ff p The necktie A '(F ig. 2) is folded at'about the point of the back'of'the neck and passed up through fastener $10, then the fold is slipped .back through'thel slot l'while ithe plate 6 is swung forward and upward away from the. channel 1. The parts of the tie infront of the channel l are laid in the channel, and theny the plate 6 is swung down and backso that. .its under side ynext -to the j lower edge of the channel slot 15 gripsfthe up andsecured against the convex part 13 of the finger-hold 8 holding the plate 6 tightly around the channel curvature with the stretched necktie between the plate 6 and the bottom ofthe channel 1.

upper.` part of the .d'evicefis'v adapted to lre-"iy i The device now may be hung .up vby the extension 2,

parts, V,as only kthe intermediate parts of the tie become wrinkled, where the knot is made, nor is it necessary to press the part c that passes inside the collar and is not seen. Ties that have this part exposed around the collar, as with standing collars, do not have this part wrinkled in ,use Thus, my device may be of moderate length, easily packed away, and not unwieldy, as are pressers made to take in the entire tie.

By having the channel curved, and the pressing plate straight when open, it is not necessary for the plate to be of highly resilient material, as where the plate is curved when open and the pressure is obtained by straightening the plate. This makes it possible to avoid the use of spring steel; and the device may readily be made chiefly of aluminum, the plate as well as the channel being of this metal, and therefore the device may be very light aswell as small and compact. Tith any material, its smallness, as well as its simplicity makes it very economical to manufacture. Y

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: f

l. In a necktie presser, a curved channeled body, the channel opening radially outward of the curvature, and a flexible pressing plate hinged between the sides of the channel near one end and adapted to be bent around said curvature to the opposite end.

2. In a necltie presser, a curved channeled body, the channel opening radially outward of the curvature, a flexible pressing plate hinged between the sides of the channel near one end and adapted to be bent around said curvature to the opposite end, where said plate has a forwardly convex end part, and a fastener hinged in the sides of the channel near said opposite end and having a transverse part adapted to be swung in front of said convex part of the plate and held inwardly of said opposite end from the most prominent part of said plate convex part, whereby the resilience of the plate retains the fastener in position to hold the plate bent around said channel as aforesaid.

3. A necltie presser comprising two members hinged together near one end, one of the members being rigid and curved, and the other member being flexible and substan tially straight when the members are swung apart, and bent firmly around thecurvature of the rigid member to hold a necktie against the rigid member.

4. A necktie presser comprising a channeled curved rigid member, and a flexible member hinged to the first member near one end thereof, to be bent around the curvature within the channel of said first member, and fastening means on said first member near its opposite end, engageable with the adjacent end of the second member when bent as aforesaid, the second member having retentive part engaged by the fastener and being suiiiciently resilient to retain said fastener while the fastener retains ,saidr second member in its bent condition.

SAMUEL NEWMAN. 

